Introduction to PHP Training (PHP101)

What’s included?

• Authorized Courseware
• Intensive Hands on Skills Development with an Experienced Subject Matter Expert
• Hands-on practice on real Servers and extended lab support 1.800.482.3172
• Examination Vouchers & Onsite Certification Testing- (excluding Adobe and PMP Boot Camps)
• Academy Code of Honor: Test Pass Guarantee
• Optional: Package for Hotel Accommodations, Lunch and Transportation

Curriculum

1. PHP Basics
   1. Welcome to the Server-side
      1. What is a web server?
      2. Dynamic Websites
   2. Google Chrome DevTools: Network Tab
      1. Status Codes
   3. How PHP Works
      1. The php.ini File
      2. PHP Tags
      3. Hello, World!
   4. Comments
   5. PHP Statements and Whitespace
   6. PHP Functions
   7. php.net
   8. Variables
      1. Variable Types
      2. Variable Names (Identifiers)
      3. Type Juggling and Casting
      4. Hello Variables!
   9. Variable Scope
   10. Superglobals
   11. Single Quotes vs. Double Quotes
   12. Concatenation
   13. Passing Variables on the URL
   14. User-defined Functions (UDFs)
       1. Defining and Calling Functions
       2. Default Values
       3. Variable Scope
       4. By Reference vs. By Value
   15. Introduction to the Poet Tree Club
   16. Including Files
       1. require
       2. require_once
   17. Constants
   18. Error Reporting
   19. Displaying Errors
   20. Including a Secure Configuration File
2. PHP Conditionals
   1. if / if – else / if – elseif – else
      1. Simple if Condition
      2. if-else Condition
      3. if-elseif-else statement
      4. False Equivalents: Falsy Values
   2. Testing for Variable Existence
   3. Exercise: Checking for Variable Existence
   4. switch/case
   5. Ternary Operator
   6. Null Coalescing Operator
3. Arithmetic Operators and Loops
   1. Arithmetic Operators
   2. The Modulus Operator
   3. Loops
      1. while
      2. do…while
      3. for
      4. break and continue
4. Arrays
   1. Indexed Arrays
      1. Initializing Arrays
      2. Appending to an Array
      3. Reading from Arrays
      4. Looping through Arrays
   2. Associative Arrays
      1. Initializing Associative Arrays
      2. Reading from Associative Arrays
      3. Looping through Associative Arrays
      4. Superglobal Arrays
   3. Multi-dimensional Arrays
      1. Reading from Two-dimensional Arrays
      2. Looping through Two-dimensional Arrays
      3. Two-dimensional Associative Arrays
      4. Non-tabular Multi-dimensional Arrays
   4. Array Manipulation Functions
   5. in_array() Function
5. Working with Databases
   1. Objects
   2. Attributes / Properties
   3. Behaviors / Methods
   4. Classes vs Objects
   5. Connecting to a Database with PDO
   6. Introducing the Poetree Database
   7. phpMyAdmin
   8. Querying Records with PHP
   9. Queries Returning Multiple Rows
   10. Creating the Poems Listings
   11. Adding Pagination
   12. Sorting
   13. Filtering
6. Exception Handling
   1. Uncaught Exceptions
   2. Throwing Your Own Exceptions
   3. Catching Exceptions
      1. Getting Information about Exceptions
   4. PDOExceptions
   5. When Queries Fail to Execute
7. PHP and HTML Forms
   1. HTML Forms
      1. How HTML Forms Work
   2. Form Submissions
   3. Sanitizing Form Data
      1. htmlspecialchars()
      2. htmlentities()
      3. filter_var()
      4. filter_input()
   4. Validating Form Data
      1. Was the Field Filled In?
      2. Is the Entered Value an Integer?
      3. Is it an Email?
      4. Is it a Valid Password and Do the Passwords Match?
      5. Do the Combined Values Create a Valid Date?
      6. Did the User Check the Box?
8. Sending Email with PHP
   1. mail()
      1. Shortcomings of mail()
   2. Setting Up PHPMailer
      1. Get and Install the Latest Version of PHPMailer
   3. Mail Server
   4. Including a Mail Configuration File
   5. Sending Email with PHPMailer
   6. PHPMailer Methods and Properties
   7. Creating a Contact Form
9. Authentication with PHP and SQL
   1. The Registration Process
   2. Passwords and Pass Phrases
   3. Registration with Tokens
   4. Creating a Registration Form
   5. Sessions and Session Variables
   6. Cookies
   7. Logging In and Out
   8. $_REQUEST Variables
   9. Resetting the Pass Phrase
10. LAB: Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Poems
    1. Submitting a New Poem
    2. Editing an Existing Poem
    3. Deleting a Poem
11. Uploading Files
    1. Uploading Images via an HTML Form
    2. Resizing Images
    3. Uploading a Profile Picture